Do you know someone who would love this olympus camera cake for their birthday?
It's a pretty simple cake to make and is sure to impress whoever you make it for!
I made this cake for my dads birthday, just a few weeks ago, he is a photographer so I made a cake to look as much like his camera as I could.
It is also the same camera that my parents gave to me when I started photography in school and I have continued to use it, even to this day.
I'm sure you could easily change the shape to create a different brand of camera, just keep a picture of the camera you are shaping infront of you to help while shaping and adding buttons.
This cake took me about 3 hours to shape and decorate, that was while playing with my daughter on and off.
I'm also pregnant and so I was making this cake in between sickness ect.
So i'm sure it wouldn't take you as long, if you have no distractions at home.
I was a little unhappy with the back of the cake, the screen of the camera ect. The cake started to lean backwards as I decorated it and I couldn't get it to stay back up; I had it propped up and everytime I thought it had worked it started to slip again.
So although the detail is there I don't think it looks as good as it could have.
However, my dad, and the rest of my family who saw and ate the cake loved it! They were all very impressed by the cake; looks and taste.
If you wanted this cake to be a chocolate cake, you could easily sift 1-2 tbsp of cocoa powder in with the flour.
You could also use some flavoured icing sugars; I love to use sugar and crumbs, their flavours are so tasty. Plus their prices are good and delivery is fast.
I hope you love this cake as much as we all did!
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Marisa
Olympus Camera Cake
Ingredients
Cake;
2 ⅔ Cups Self-Raising Flour
2 Cups Caster Sugar
2 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
2 Cups Milk I used oat milk but any plant based milk will work
3-4 tsp Vanilla Essence
⅔ Cup Vegetable Oil
2 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
Butter Icing;
500g Icing Sugar
220g Butter I used flora but any plant based milk will work.
1-2 tsp Vanilla Essence
Drop of Milk if needed
Black & White Fondant
Method
Cake;
Preheat the oven to 180C and prepare 2 9” Square baking tins.
In a large mixing bowl sift the flour, sugar and bicarbonate of soda. Mix a little to combine.
Pour in the milk, vanilla, oil and vinegar.
Mix until completely smooth.
Separate the mix evenly into your two baking trays.
Place foil over your trays and bake for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out completely clean.
Let the cakes cool completely before decorating.
Butter Icing;
Sift the icing sugar into a large mixing bowl.
Add the butter and vanilla.
Mix to combine until you have a smooth, thick mix. If you need to add a little milk you can.
Keep in the fridge until needed.
Assembling;
Cut one of your square cakes in half and place one of the pieces on your cake board.
Use the other half to cut where your hand holds on a real camera.
Use the other cake to cut out circles until you have a lens as long as you would like it to be.
Use the leftover cake pieces to create the top of the camera, the view finder. Please see pictures if you need any help.
Cover the entire cake in butter icing.
Roll your black fondant no more than ½ cm thick and cover your cake. I covered the back first and the lens with a separate piece of fondant.
Place in the fridge for 20-30 minutes to let the cake and fondant set.
Use more black fondant to roll some buttons, viewfinder and the camera screen and stick them on
Use the white fondant to make the last of the buttons
Use your fondant tools to create the details on the lens. I used a piping nozzle to create the oval shapes.
Use some leftover buttercream and a small, round, nozzle to pipe the word olympus on the lens cap and the top of the camera.
Place in the fridge until ready to serve
Enjoy!
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